Wagon end-gate.



Patented Aug. 8, I899.

No. 630,65l.

J. W. BRUBAKER.

WAGON END GATE.

(Application filgd June 13, 1899.)

(No Model.)

' STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES W. BRUBAKER, OFTRACY, IOWA.

WAGON END-GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No; 630,651, dated August 8, 1899. Application filed June 13, 1899. Serial No. 720,338. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, JAMES W. BRUBAKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Tracy, in the county of Marion and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Wagon End-Gate, of which thefollowing is a speci-.

fication.

My object is to provide an improved endgate for farm-wagons that is adapted to be detachably connected with a wagon-box and securely locked in a closed position to the side-boards, as required to. prevent the sideboards from spreading, and hinged to the lower portions of detachable standards to be turned backward and downward and 'retained in a fixed position to be used as a shoveling-boardand to be detachably connected with standards adapted to be slidingly connected with the inside faces of the end portions of the side-boards, so that the gate and standards can be locked together and handled jointly to advantage in packing and shipping.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement, and combination of parts as hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claims, and-illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the detachable standards connected with the sideboards and the gate in'position as required for use as a shoveling-board. Fig. 2 is a rear View of the box, showing the end-gate, standards, and side-boards locked together in a closed position, as required to retain small grain and other products filled into the box in bulk. Fig. 3 is an enlarged view of a bolt, and Fig. 4 is a sectional detail View showing how the bolt is applied for locking the standards to the inside faces of the rear ends of the side-boards. Fig. 5 is a detail View showing how the end-gate is detachably hinged to the inside faces and lower ends of the standards.

The letters A and A designate the parallel side-boards, that may varyin width as desired and upon which auxiliary side-boards may be placed as required to enlarge the box.

A is'a cross-bar fixed to the bottom of the rear end of the box.

13 and B are mating standards provided with tongues c on their outer edges, adapting them to be slidingly connected with the inside vfaces and rear end portions of the parallel side-boards, that have fixed cleats c and 0, between which thetongue c fits and moves.

' In the top portions of the front faces of the standards B and B are grooves d, adapted to admit the ends of locking bolts (1, extended through bores in the sides of the box, as clearly shown in Fig. 4 and as required to lockthe stan dards'to the side-boards. Mating metal platesfare fixed to the inside faces and upper end portions of the standards and provided with openings f in their rearwardlyprojecting ends to admit irons fixed to the end-gate. Metal bearings g, fixed in cavities in the inside faces and lower ends of the standards, serve as parts of hinges for detachably connecting the end-gate with the standards.

H is an end-gate provided with fixed wings H that extend inward. Irons 7c are fixed to the outside face of the gate to engage the slotted projecting ends of the metal plates f, fixed to the standards to prevent vertical motion of the gate relative to the standards and the floor of the box as required to maintain a tight joint between the end-gate and the bottom otthe box. Irons m, terminating in journals that have enlargements m at their free ends, are fitted to enter the fixed bearings g, as shown in Fig. 5, as required to detachably hinge the gate to the standards. Mating rods 7", having hooks r at their lower ends, are pivotally connected with the projecting ends of the plates f, fixedto the standards in such a manner that the rods can be placed in crossed position, as shown in Fig. 2, to overlie the fixed irons It on the gate and to be jointlyclasped to the lower portion of the gate by means of a clasp s, fixed to the lower central part of the gate as required to detachably connect the gate with the standards, so they can be handled jointly; and when the gate and standards are thus connected with the side-boards of the box all the parts can be readily detachably fastened together by turning the bent ends of the bolt (1" into the grooves din the standards and tightening the nuts (1" on the'outer screw-threaded ends of the bolts, and the gate securely locked in a a shoveling-board, I detach the rods 0' from the clasp 8, turn the gate outward and downward into position as shown in Fig. 1, and connect the hooks on their free ends with the free end portions of the irons 7c, fixed to the upper and out side of the gate.

Having thus described all the operative parts and their functions, the practical operation and utility of my invention will be readily understood by persons familiar with the art to which it pertains; and

What 1 therefore claim as new, and desire to. secure by Letters Patent therefor, is-

1. In a wagon end-gate, standards adapted to be slidinglyconnected with the side-boards of a wagon-box and provided with groovesin the top portions of their rear faces, bolts pivotaliy connected with the side-boards and bent at their inner ends to enter the grooves in the standards, an end-gate and means for detachably fastening the end-gate to the standards for the purposes stated.

2. In a wagon end-gate, standards adapted to be slidingly connected with side-boards of a wagon-box, means for detachably fastening the standards to the side-board, an end-gate, means for detachably hinging the end-gate to the standards, rods hinged to the upper portions of the standards and provided with hooks on their lower ends and irons fixed to the upper portions of the end-gate to be engaged by said hooks, arranged and combined to operate in the manner setforth for the p urposes stated.

3. The standards B and B having at their upper end portions grooves 01 and fixed plates f provided with slots in their projecting ends, and fixed bearings g at their lower end portions, the gate H having fixed irons k to engage the platesfand fixed journals m to engage the bearings g and means for detachably fastening the irons 7.: to the platesf, for the purposes stated.

4. The standards B and B having at their upper end portions grooves d and fixed plates f provided with slots in their projecting ends, and fixed bearings g at their lower end portions, the gate H having fixed irons 7: to engage the plates f and fixed journals m to engage the hearings g and means for detachably fastening the irons 7a to the platesf, the rods 1' pivotally connected with the plates f and provided with hooks at their free ends and a clasp s fixed to the end-gate, all arranged and combined to operate in the manner set forth for the purposes stated.

5. A wagon end-gate comprising standards having tongues extending vertically on their outside faces, grooves in the upper end portions of their rear faces, metal plates, having slots in their rear ends, fixed to their inside faces and upper end portions, journal-bearings in their lower end portions and inside faces, a gate having wings at its parallel edges, fixed irons at its top portions to engage the slotted plates on the standards and fixed journals to engage the journal-bearings in the standards, rods pivotally connected with the fixed slotted plates on the standards and provided with hooks on their free ends to engage the fixed irons on the top portion of the gate when the gate is in the position of a shoveling-board, a clasp fixed to the lower portion and center of the gate to engage the rods when the gate is in a closed position and bolts fitted in bores in the sides of a wagon-box and provided with bent ends to enter the grooves in the standards and nuts on the outer ends of the bolts, all arranged and combined to operate in the manner set forth for the purposes stated.

JAMES WV. BRUBAKER.

lVitnesses:

P. K. HOGATE, A. L. lWIEMsELL. 

